M1.6 earthquake 45 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska on Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 4:11 PM AKDT (00:11 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-08 00:11:29 UTC
- Depth
- 101.5 km (63.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.110° N, 152.483° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.516 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.942 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 155 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.154 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.848 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 105 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.546 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.557 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 96 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.737 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.932 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 138 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.363 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.93 km NNE of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 115 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.250 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.922 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.553 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.634 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1870 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 149 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.739 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1869 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.242 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 98 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.540 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 151 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.630 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.422 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.683 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.280 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.241 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 182 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.869 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.552 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.034 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 140 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 139 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1877 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.440 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 179 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.070 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.113 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.458 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 123 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.915 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.842 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 184 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 126 km deep · 51 km away
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